Lacrosse

Spartans Come from Behind for 19-10 Victory

Mar 08, 2008

YORK, PA – Kyle Henninger (Millers,
Md./Hereford) tallied four scores and Brian
O’Neill (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Township) notched a
pair of goals and three assists as the York College men’s
lacrosse team rolled to a 19-10 come-from-behind victory over
Richard Stockton College Saturday afternoon at York’s Kinsley
Field. The Spartans are winners of three straight and improve their
record to 4-1 while the Ospreys fall to 0-2 on the young season.

The first quarter did not bode well for the Spartan side as the
home squad fell behind 3-0 only 3:26 in the contest. Kyle Hausmann
put the Ospreys on the board merely 29 seconds into the game before
Stockton’s leading scorer Keith Bologno put his team up 2-0
with a man-advantage goal at the 13:36 mark. Bologno then assisted
on the Ospreys’ third score as Josh Dybus rattled the cage
with 11:34 remaining in the first quarter.

Kalen Roundy (Ijamsville, Md./Urbana) finally
lit up the home side of the scoreboard with his goal off a
Chris Chappelle (Stevensville, Md./Chesapeake)
assist with 7:28 left in the opening frame. Chappelle found Roundy
cutting to the goal from the left side of the field as the freshman
then collected the pass and laid out headlong to slip in the
Spartans’ first tally. Roundy’s beautiful score could
not swing momentum over the green and white however, as the
Ospreys’ Matt Bell tallied Stockton’s fourth goal with
5:37 to go in the stanza.

Despite the 4-1 margin at the end of the first quarter, the
Spartans had outshot their guests 13-9. The combination of
York’s inaccuracy and the strong play of Osprey goalkeeper
Pete Marcelliano kept the green and white at bay during the opening
15 minutes.

That would all change in the second quarter as the Spartans
unleashed a flurry of offensive production. Senior Rob
Marine (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) kick-started the onslaught
notching his third goal of 2008 with 8:43 to play in the half.
Almost immediately after the ensuing face-off, O’Neill found
Ryan McNicholas (Fallston, Md./Fallston) as the
sophomore attackman promptly cut the Osprey lead to one. The
Spartans would strike again 20 seconds after McNicholas’
tally as Ryan Schab (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip)
connected with Henninger for the senior’s first of four
goals.

With the score now knotted at 4-4, Henninger would give the
Spartans their first lead of the contest with 5:22 left in the
half. Bologno would answer less than a minute later at the 4:35
mark to tie the score once again but York’s Chappelle would
put the Spartans in front for good at 6-5 with his goal 20 seconds
later. Steve Roy (Feasterville, Pa./Archbishop
Wood) and Schaub would then sandwich a pair of scores
around a Steve Mazurek goal to give the Spartans the 8-6 advantage
heading into the locker room.

York’s 7-2 second quarter run would be nearly matched in
the third frame as the green and white tallied five goals to their
opponents’ two. Five different Spartans accounted for each of
the scores including Chris Norman (Annapolis,
Md./Broadneck) who put the home squad up 13-8 with his
first goal of the contest with 1:56 left in the period.

The fourth quarter would be all York as the home squad would
score six more times. Freshman Mike Lugat (Reisterstown,
Md./Loyola) would finish the Spartans’ scoring
notching his second goal of the season with 3:53 remaining in the
game.

For the contest, York outshot Stockton 60-25 including 18-7 in
the second quarter alone. The Spartans also held a 51-38 bulge in
ground balls and won 19 of the 32 face-offs.

The Spartans spread out their 19 goals among 13 players giving
good balance to the offensive production. Henninger was the
game’s high-scorer with four tallies while O’Neill,
Chappelle, and McNicholas each recorded two goals. O’Neill
played exceptionally well throughout the contest as he also
recorded three assists to lead the Spartans.

Hausmann and Bolgono both performed admirably for the Stockton
side registering three and two scores respectively. Bologno also
dished-out a pair of assists.

Matt Keeler (Morton, Pa./Ridley) picked up the
win for the Spartans as the senior goalkeeper notched a trio of
saves in 32:01 of work. Chris Collins (Westminster,
Md./Westminster) relieved Keeler in the third period and
made two stops over his 24:06 while Joe Kenworthy (York,
Pa./Severna Park) worked the final 3:53 to secure the
victory.

Marcelliano performed exceptionally well despite the final score
as he kept 18 Spartan attempts out of the net while Jeff Doyle
played the final 3:53 for the Ospreys.

The Spartans return to action Wednesday, March 12, as they host
Widener in a 3:30 non-conference tilt.